Sunday, September 2, 2012

Daily Kos: Nicholas Kristof takes on Republicans over abortion

Daily Kos: Nicholas Kristof takes on Republicans over abortion:


Nicholas Kristof takes on Republicans over abortion

Today in America, more than one-third of teens say that when they began having sex, they had not had any formal instruction about contraception. Is this really the time for a Republican Party platform denouncing comprehensive sex education?Some Americans don’t even seem to have had any sex education by the time they’re elected to Congress. Like Todd Akin.
That is the conclusion of Nicholas Kristof's Sunday New York Times column, titled Scaring the Voters in the Middle.I strongly urge people to read it and pass it on.
It may seem odd to some that Kristof, a two-time Pultizer winner, is taking on this issue.  It should not.  He often